Comments

Comment by Wrexsoul

Doable even if you're not in the group that killed him - when he dies he drops a container on the ground, usable by all who're on the quest.

Comment by caymus

He's at 12, 18 in the giant hut near the back (southwest) end. Like the previous poster said, you don't need to be in the group that kills him. Just grab the loot that drops and you're done.

Comment by Sledeau

This guy seems to randomly not drop the item. Anyone know what the conditions are for not dropping it or is it just random?

Comment by underwire

Note the coordinates are in Terokkar -- it's on the plateau just Northwest of (and above) Shattrath.

Comment by aiggan

At lvl 70 i received 18 gold 28 silver

Comment by Kathucka

This is the most difficult Gronn to kill in this group of quests. Unlike the others, he has a short-range area-of-effect spell that will damage melee attackers.

Non-tanks in melee range must either receive extra healing or step out to bandage.

Comment by Siha

Note that Tranq Shot works on his Enrage, if you have any MC-vintage hunters :)

Comment by DANEgerous

it pays not to be a jerk on this quest i helped out the outer faction so their tank thought "dumb alli will gank him" so his group let him die and he got camped be like the next 5 ally groups.

Comment by Amethyst

His AoE attack has a knockback, so make sure you tank him with your back to the wall. :)

Comment by marvin85860407

Just outside of shattrath (20,17) inside of the large hut like building.

Comment by Krellmax

This is part of the quest chain to open up the Ogri'la daily quests. You have to kill five different elite Sons of Gruul. They are VERY tough and you must have a proper 5-man party to handle them (Tank, Healer, 3 DPS). You might even want to bring along some extra people that can help out of party.

Comment by haloman800

I payed a group of ppl to help me kill him and right after he died a group of horde came and killed me and camped me until it went away... so right after u kill him get the standard and watch your back

Comment by mrgamer

important note: you don't really need a flying mount for this quest.You've just to die near the barrier hills, you'll be brought to the barrier hills graveyard, just resurrection sickness there and you can do the quest :D

This is useful only if you're in hurry to get the questline done and you're extremely poor to not afford a flying mount

Comment by pzykho

We did this with 2 prep-rogues and 1 disc-priest, here's our strategy:

1 rogue starts tanking while the other rogue is doing a bit less dmg to keep the aggro on the tanking rogue

the rogue should not pop evasion at first, start with pain surpression than evasion -> prep -> evasion -> vanish, so that the other rogue will get the aggro and tanks the boss.

now the second tanking rogue needs to do the evasion circle first because pain surpression is still on CD

We did this strategy on all 3 ogres and there was no need for the second pain surpression but it was available

Comment by gunrunner

He's stunnable

Comment by m3teeh

For this quest, and all the other ones like it (Maggoc, Vim'gol, etc), you can be in a raid and get them killed, but you wont be able to loot (or open) the item.On the bright side.. all you have to do is leave the raid and oyu can loot (or open) the item!

So if you feel like doing these quests with your entire guild or something, it's possible! Yay! :D

Comment by Illusions

soloed with prot pally. Judgement of wisdom , seal of wisdom . didnt use lay on hands or bubble. easy kill but it took a while.

Comment by Kontry

Soloed as 80 prot warrior..., easier than Grulloc, didnt' used any of my CD's.

Comment by inkcat

Tip: HE HITS FOR 1.5k DMG IMPOSSIBLE FOR A LOW HEALTH CLOTHIE

Comment by Khell

Soloed as a level 80 resto druid with 1845sp. Followed same procedure as Grulloc but with more defined kiting spots. Went back and forth upon each enrage to two spots in Travel Form then re-engaged with Starfire spam whilst keeping myself up with Regrowth, Rejuv and Lifebloom.

Had to use Innervate but managed to make it out without using a Runic Mana Potion although I had less than 1000 mana left when he died.

Comment by FalseMyrmidon

I'd like to know how people are soloing him since you can't summon him alone.

Comment by Robgar

fyi . can be solo'd as lvl80 prot warrior

Comment by JTN83

Unlike previous Gruul sons' quests, this one doesn't count for On the Blade's Edge achievement.

Comment by Zuljihn

Soloed as a level 80 enchacement shaman if fairly crappy gear - my guess is that any hybrid class can do this with minimal effort

Comment by Checkme

Solo'd as an 80 frost mage

Pop mirrors, frost ele, icy veins and spam frostbolt lol

Had to cold snap for a third Ice barrier

Comment by Blinkwax

Also soloed, but as an arcane mage.

Similar strat, pop mirrors, icy veins, arcane blast until dead, took around 20 seconds if that. He had just taken down my last mirror and hit me down around 9k HP (I only have 17.7k HP in my PvE gear)

Should be a breeze for any well geared 80.

Comment by tarnar

This strat works if you have insanely lucky Mirror aggro selection and he doesn't hit with his AoE attack that knocks you back a couple feet.

Have died 4 times now on this guy, arcane mage, T8 / T9 mix. Very frustrating.

Edit - 6 times. PoM to take aggro, Mirror Image to 'drop' aggro, Blink past him to avoid AoE, pop Icy & AP, spam AB and Barrage as it comes up - even with him wandering back and forth between Mirrors and me he still aggros dominantly on me and I die. Fun.

Edit2 - Yeah, it's all about luck on the Mirror aggro. Used Lifeblood and a couple of Mana Shields, tried to increase the distance between Mirrors and me so he wasted time going back and forth, still barely scraped by. Yes, you can solo this as a lvl 80 mage.

Comment by Edermine

Soloed like a 80 elemental shaman, pop bloodlust and trinket in beginning and when he enrages i just spammed healed myself. Did this with all three ogres easy like hell :)

Comment by Edermine

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Comment by Lindentree

The easiest of the three to solo as an 80 prot warrior in t8/t9. I literally took 0 damage. He doesn't hit very hard, either - the biggest hit I blocked was for just over 1000 damage.

Comment by aerosalia15

soloed as a lvl 80 blood death knight; he didn't damage me too much at all. used rune tap once, but i didn't even really need it

Comment by Muntasi

As a crappy level 80 Hunter, I didn't even get this guy to 75% health....

Comment by masterjc

soloed as lvl80 destro lock, with a good gear (5138 GS)quit hard1st times used imp, but it killed me at 20%after that used voildwalkeri killed him, used during fight a potion, a healthstone, voidwalkers sacrifice twice and killed him, but it killed me too

better ask help from somebody

Comment by Baelthuz

Soloed as a level 70 feral druid. My gear is all best in slot however :oBest strategy is to start in cat/stealth, pounce, 5 combos, maim, berserk 5 combos, rip use the instant HT, then sit in bear until he enrages. Once he enrages he will stand still, run to the other side of the arena and heal up then get back in bear, rinse and repeat. I finished the fight at full hp due to frenzied regen :P

Comment by DBZMerciter2005

Soloed this as a level 80 hunter with a secondary BM spec designed for leveling. (Read: lots of pet survival talents.) My pet was a scorpion with tanking talents. My GS was 5.3k, which for me was a good mix of t9 and t10 level gear.

Very easy, much like the other elite quests. Misdirect on pet, mend pet, then pop all cooldowns (TBW, Kill Command, Rapid Fire) and mend pet as necessary. I'd assume this is doable in other specs as long as you burn him fast enough and keep your pet alive.

Comment by Jakio

Quest mob called "Slaag"Quest called "Even Gronn have standards"

Figure it out for yourself.

Comment by phil1750

As of 4.0.6 this quest does NOT count for Loremaster, even though wowhead acts like it does. I was hoping this would be #86/86. But the next quest in the chain, Grim(oire) Business, DOES count toward Loremaster even though wowhead says it doesn't.

Comment by Zhifu

As of patch 4.3 this quest no longer requires a group since Slaag now only has 14 000 HP.

Comment by skatdachef

Well, as a 70 NE Warrior, it was very easy! Yes he's in the big hut w/the blueish tint inside it. I hovered in front from about 75 yards and up a bit. As I flew at him I dropped nuff to fly right in the door. Ya don't need to hit the gryph drop cause it haps auto when ya get inda hut. He had a chance to hit me once n then I just stunned him then just slice n dice. The only prob w/these big guys is, they fall on you and then ya cant see where his standard or the link loot is! lol So I had to just keep turnin around w/my loot target on till it gave me a grey cog n moved to it till gold. Went back on the porch, got my gryph n autorotated out. Peezo cake!

Comment by mimee

This quest did not count towards Loremaster.

Comment by Agie222

For those who want the information now not 3 years from now here's how to complete the quest:

Of course you know you have to fight him ;D but when you've beat him the flag spawns either behind or underneath him (it spawned behind for me like with Grulloc & Maggoc) you won't see it if you're standing in front of his corpse because he's so big so walk behind him and the flag should be there for you to collect & complete. GL hope this helped

the first 20 or so post after this are full of useless information about who soloed at what lvl who cares could you just tell ppl about the boss and how to beat complete plzzz(##RESPBREAK##)16##DELIM##Sas148##DELIM##

Comment by Dianegirl

This quest will not count toward the "On the Blade's Edge" achievement, but the next two quests in the line will. So go ahead and do it to get those other quests.

Comment by leettroll

The most amazing thing about this comment section, NOT ONE GREEN POST ABOUT REFERENCES!

Did I step onto the wrong side of wowhead again?

Comment by ChrisAKAPiefish

I guess this has been patched? I'm currently a Level 72 hunter and killed him in a few second which surprised me as I'd read these comments beforehand.

Even Gronn Have Standards

Description

Are you familiar with Shattrath City, <class>? Above it to the northwest is a place called the Barrier Hills, which you can only get to upon a flying mount.

One of Gruul's sons, Slaag, exiled himself and took control of the Gordunni ogres that reside there. Even at such a distance, we cannot afford to leave him in peace, lest he return when the rest of his brothers have been slain.

<name>, you must travel there, and bring back his standard as proof that he has been dealt with.